Professor Michele Governale

I am a condensed-matter theorist and my research activity pertains to the theory of quantum transport in nanostructures. Nanostructures are very intriguing from a solid-state physicist’s perspective due to quantum effects, reduced dimensionality, electron-electron interactions, and the possibility of tuning their properties. From an applied point of view, the study of the basic electronic properties of nanostructured systems is a prerequisite for nanoelectronics – a current area of intense research where the key aim is to design new devices with dimensions in the nanometre range.